Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Thought or thinking generally refers to any mental or
intellectual activity involving an individual's subjective consciousness. It
can refer either to the act of thinking or the resulting ideas or arrangements
of ideas. Similar concepts include cognition, sentience, consciousness, and
imagination.

Because thought underlies almost all human actions and
interactions, understanding its physical and metaphysical origins, processes,
and effects has been a longstanding goal of many academic disciplines
including, among others, biology, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Thinking
allows beings to make sense of or model the world in different ways, and to
represent or interpret it in ways that are significant to them, or which accord
with their needs, attachments, objectives, plans, commitments, ends and
desires.